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Bernard Hughes is a composer and writer, based in London.

Articles By Bernard Hughes

Our Mother, Stone Nest review - musical drama in a mother's grief

Saturday, 23 March 2024 Read more...

Colin Currie Quartet, Wigmore Hall review - toccatas for triangles and teacups

Wednesday, 28 February 2024 Read more...

Malofeev, BBCSO, Lintu, Barbican review - finesse as well as fireworks

Saturday, 17 February 2024 Read more...

Paraorchestra, Hazlewood, Southbank Centre review - re-thinking the orchestral experience

Saturday, 27 January 2024 Read more...

Brian Klaas: Fluke review - why things happen, and can we stop them?

Saturday, 27 January 2024 Read more...

Siglo de Oro, Spinacino Consort, Allies, Wigmore Hall review - a fun 17th century musical Christmas

Saturday, 23 December 2023 Read more...

Voces8 Foundation Choir and Orchestra, Smith, Voces8 Centre review - joyous Christmas music by Bach

Tuesday, 05 December 2023 Read more...

Grosvenor, Park, Ridout, Soltani, Wigmore Hall review - chamber music supergroup in perfect accord

Wednesday, 29 November 2023 Read more...

Accentus, Insula orchestra, Equilbey, Barbican review - radiant French choral masterpieces

Tuesday, 21 November 2023 Read more...

Ben Folds, Royal Albert Hall review - piano pyrotechnics and modern musings

Wednesday, 15 November 2023 Read more...

Justin Lewis: Don't Stop the Music - A History of Pop Music, One Day at a Time review - deft and delightful pop almanac

Tuesday, 07 November 2023 Read more...

Capuçon, Philharmonia, Bancroft, RFH review - enjoyable all-American classics

Friday, 27 October 2023 Read more...

Adam Sisman: The Secret Life of John le Carré review - tinker, tailor, soldier, cheat

Thursday, 12 October 2023 Read more...

Roomful of Teeth, Milton Court review - mellifluous minimalism with a mild manner

Sunday, 08 October 2023 Read more...

I Fagiolini, Hollingworth, Kings Place review - magnificent Monteverdi Vespers

Sunday, 01 October 2023 Read more...

The Yellow Wallpaper, Lilian Baylis Studio review - a tense and intimate monodrama

Saturday, 16 September 2023 Read more...

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